Leaders from San Antonio braved red-eye flights and cold weather to advocate for the needs of their city in Washington, D.C. The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Free Trade Alliance, and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have organized their annual “SA to DC” conference to promote policy beneficial for the city. Attendees are […]
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The sequester is finally here. After weeks of debate among Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, the deadline to reach a deal on the across-the-board budget cuts has arrived and prospects of an eleventh hour deal are nonexistent. “So what more do you think I should do?” President Barack Obama asked the White […]
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Organized jailbreak. That’s what Rep. Ted Poe called the recent release of hundreds of illegal immigrant detainees when he appeared on Fox New’s “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren Wednesday evening. Many top Republicans are demanding answers from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the release that occurred earlier this week. In anticipation of […]
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Republicans are accusing Democrats of “crying wolf” by exaggerating the impact of the upcoming across-the-board budget cuts on average Americans. But to Rep. Pete Gallego, a freshman Democrat from Alpine, the looming sequester is no political game. With furloughs soon to hit about 10 percent of the federal personnel along the border, Gallego believes that […]
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The effects of the sequester are underway even before the deadline passes. In anticipation of budget cuts, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement released hundreds of prisoners because they would not be able to afford their housing. The agency said they only released prisoners who were low-risk and non-criminal, and that it was necessary to keep […]
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TexMessage Thursday, February 28 Good morning TexMessagers! Should you have to prove your citizenship to get a job? TEXclusive E-Verify–an electronic system employers can use to check citizenship status–could be requirement for every new hire as part of a comprehensive immigration reform package. Business groups told a subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, that they […]
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Rep. Michael McCaul challenged President Obama to get serious about reining in entitlement costs. In an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, McCaul said President Obama and Democrats need to be willing to talk about entitlement programs for Congress to reach a deal on the sequester before this Friday’s deadline. “He needs to come to Congress, […]
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This Friday, the infamous looming beast of automatic spending cuts — ominously known as “the sequester” — is set to take place. While partisans ares busy pointing fingers as to who is to blame for the self-created financial crisis, it’s easy to forget that if we hit the March 1st deadline, all of us will be […]
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